ASHFORD, R. T. Encyclopedia of Blues

Talent scout for the Paramount label in the late 1920s
and 1930s. Ashford was Paramount’s primary talent
scout in the Southwest. One of his discoveries was
guitarist Jesse ‘‘Babyface’’ Thomas.
RYAN OLSEN
Bibliography
Wardlow, Gayle Dean. ‘‘A Quick Ramble with Ramblin’
Thomas, Jesse Thomas, Will Ezell, Bessie Tucker, Elzadie Robinson and Texas Talent Scouts, R.T. Ashford
and the Kendle Brothers.’’ Blues Unlimited no. 141 (Autumn/Winter 1981): 14–15.

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